Europe
A Trump offer that Putin cannot refuse
Every threat has failed and it is too late for the US to just 'walk away' from the Ukraine war. But Washington has something Russia wants, badly.
November 17, 2025
Every threat has failed and it is too late for the US to just 'walk away' from the Ukraine war. But Washington has something Russia wants, badly.
Moscow is on the verge of securing a major symbolic victory in the Donbas
They're deepening European divisions and undermining the moral authority they invoke in defense of Ukraine
Western media is largely ignoring that Kyiv has to rip young men off the streets amid recruitment shortages and desertions
All along we've been told this was about aggressive expansionism and applied a strategy of deterrence. That was wrong.
Chancellor Merz's much-touted defense renewal appears to be more fragile than he lets on
